10 things that successful teachers do intuitively

Schools can do plenty to keep students engaged in learning. Students who are deeply engaged in learning are not simply spending 'time on task', but are intellectually involved with curriculum topics and mentally involved in 'minds-on learning.' Making that happen, not surprisingly, starts with the teacher. Here are the 10 things that successful teachers do intuitively -

1. keep students highly engaged throughout an entire lesson and 
2. encourage students to contribute their ideas and insights as a way of enhancing their own and other students' learning
3. represent curriculum content appropriately; 
4. expect students to help define topics and determine how they can be studied; 
5. link content to students' prior knowledge and experiences; 
6. ensure that students are mentally engaged in all activities and assignments; 
7. allow students to initiate and adapt learning activities and projects; 
8. form instructional groups that work to achieve learning goals; 
9. choose suitable instructional materials for lessons and encourages students to select resources that will help them learn; 
10. teach highly coherent, well-planned, well-paced lessons that include time for student reflection.